What Was The Most Expensive Thing You Purchased On The Internet?

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  1. Lon Tanner

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    For me it was a 1992 Toyota Camry XLE. I was doing my six month stay in New Zealand wanted to have a new car when I came back for my six months in California. I knew exactly what I wanted and what I wanted to pay.
    I negotiated the price via email with a dealer in Los Angeles and picked the car up at the Sacramento Airport upon my arrival back to California.
     
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    My Current Car!! Well I didn't pay for it online, but I 'bought it'' online. Had to travel half way across the country to pay for it and collect it but it was worth it...
     
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    Respect! If my memory doesn't play me false, the most expensive item I bought and paid for online was less than $1,000 e.g. a notebook, lawn mower and furniture. Guess I'd think twice about more expensive products or items let alone buying a car.
     
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    A twin size mattress from JC Penney for a vintage bed.
     
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    It's always a bit dodgy buying mattresses online, unless you already know the brand .. !!:)
     
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    Yes, I was hesitant but for the purpose it turned out being pretty nice.
     
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    @Lon Tanner I always liked the Camry but the price was a bit on the high side. So I had a Carina station wagon which was OK as well.
     
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    I guess the most expensive purchase would have been a computer, or large flat screen TV. Most high-dollar purchases I want to see and evaluate before buying.
     
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    An Area Rug and a really good battery charger/maintainer.
     
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    I bought a silver ottoman from Amazon. Not gray, but a soft silver leather. I don't let myself or anyone actually use it, but it makes me smile everytime I look at it.
     
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    I've bought a flat-screen TV, but my nice convection oven may have been more expensive.

    I've placed larger orders with JC Whitney (and in 1973 dollars), but that was not OnLine.
     
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    Recently: New headlights for our Durango. New iRobot vacuum. New bed topper.
     
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    Well, since this post I have purchased an adjustable bed and mattress online, so I have to revise my answer.
     
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    If you take into account inflation, it would be two ceiling fixtures, but I ordered them from the Sears catalog in 1986, not the internet. Made in Italy. (What was I thinking?) I still like them.

    On the internet? Probably the braid rugs I ordered last year.
     
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    I just bought vintage 1980s barely used condition Lawman high waist bareback riding jeans from a lady on Poshmark. They took 40 years off my look .... not!
     
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